quake
\ˈkvaːkə\
The verdict
“quake” is uncommon French (frequency #55,539 among 352 “Q” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,539
- frequency rank, French
- 352
- “Q” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de quaken.
Corpus desk
Index FR-quake · quake · French
quake · rank #55,539 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,539
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 352
- PHOTO-FINISH pécheresse
Nearest frequency peer: pécheresse (-3 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « quake »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Puisaye
Puisaye
44,467 corpus weight
- pyrénéen
pyrénéen
44,466 corpus weight
- pécheresse
pécheresse
44,465 corpus weight
- quake
quake
44,462 corpus weight
- quit
quit
44,459 corpus weight
- ramona
ramona
44,457 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « quake » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | quake |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈkvaːkə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,539 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « quake » en français
Rare enough to double-check
quake is uncommon French at frequency #55,539 among 352 “Q” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈkvaːkə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
quake doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is quake, spelled Q-U-A-K-E.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de quaken.
- 2Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de quaken.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent I de quaken.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent I de quaken.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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